, 1887-04-13
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(From the Spectator gI9M March.

The STANDARD published ,on Monday, Is
telegram, withQptJdate OF, signature, an.
iouncing that an attempt had been made
on Sunday 10 asSaSsihate the Gear. Our
icOnteniot any voiclIed for the. honesty Of
its corresponding, who had obviously eyad-
ed The RUSSIAN censorship. and the date
chosen looked significant, Sunday being
the SIX b anniversary OF the aEnpefor
Alexahdel's n~lurtler; but the Russian, En-.
i0ASsies eyeTywherei denied the story, It
WAS, however, true. The Emperor had
gone 10 assist in a requiem ceremonial for
his father, and was TO have driven back
through Great. MOrskaia Pros pect on his
return to the fortress, where he stays when
IN s., Petersburg A student with a ,hea.
w hook under his arm dropped II AS the
c''rriage Approach, and 0brgAn lpullingFa
tape attached to it; bit he had been watch
ei, and was arrested before his book ex-
plOded. 1t was "A bomb filed with dyna.
mite or melinite and bullets, and would
have killed thirty people. Another Sau.
dent who rushed forward to assist the
book bearer was stopped by the crowd,
stizrd, and found to be carrying a bomb in
a green. bare bag. Their lodgings were
scar chPd and other explosives discovered,
bur b. fore the Council the students are. OBJ.
stinately silent. They carried poison, and
would, it Is supposed, have committed sui.
eide had the bombs exploded; bat their
arrest was too rapid and too rough uod
..saft- b. lfffGt. - IsNE
This seems to be the true st0ry; but this
Russian Cove rhinent, or police are smnxt.
GUS to have it believed that the ~stuiefits
were arrested before any attempt gwaa
made, that the Gar vas warned in CHURCH,
and that, in short, the police were, more
than a match iOr the aSNaSsins. The gra
witty of the attempt is, however, lackn0w.
ledged, and the 'Sovereigns Of Europe do
not usually congratulate each, other. on 4
mere discovery of plots by the police. The
danger must have been nearer than tLatfO
provoke such cordia, kilograms from great
Princes The Russian Observation-Disclosures
the attack to the Nihilists, and allthe cireum.
%stantial evidence confirms that view, the
only difficulty being to explain t~heSsadden
recrudescence of Nihllism. CanoH McCnll,
in a letter to a c~ontempoEy, says The Ter,
rOriSt Committee has been Quiescent faoIn
policy; but one hardly sees what it had 10
gain. 1t ia at least as ~pFobabie, as We have
suggested elsewhere, that the police. By
good luck Of good management, or Colonel
SOudaikip's treacLery-for which he was
muftiered-coiitrived to sieze u great nnm-
Der of the Terrorist agents, and that the
lnterval has been expended III collecting
more. 1t that is correct, the Cars danger
is great Whenever he il compelled to- leave
Gatschila. The Nihilists afe Uafled thers.
b(fs ,taglllas e- .g bss-nf eF
hi Late oh Tuesday week. a riot occurred
at Youghal, i'll which the police wefe
severely handled, and in TIL consequent
fight they bay0netted a fisherman raiilel
OHanIoul It was expected THAT
riot would occur. nnsh taptain PInnke9f,
divisional Magisira rat for Cork, .tglegraphed
to. the officer in. command of the police at
Yonghal to take summary hntasnies, Nsiii
if resisted, toislio0ti the rioters. This fele-
gram felYhy9some mems into the hnpfls Of
the .Parneliites, and On Tuesday. Mr..
Balfour was asked TO explain The 0gfsIef-
He Justified it fully, declaring that in
meeting anaggravated attack on the police
with fire arms The sMagisiraie ;tqpks the
course best calculated mi the. long RIM ~
prevent loss of life. There caIl sb6 no
doubt that this view IL c0atrecf.s aStlfflIo
police are always tlefeatedy f1eNe ii ~
glrelaph no Inrther security. The elay an91
Eethlllls the wise view, VAS {l,at en afre ss1
force should never be called out <d1ie It
was nossilAe ID eliii0re0 tlie lin ~&jt4ontd<;
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